Clerkship in Forensic Pathology and Death Investigation

Offered by the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine : One 4th Year Medical Students from Emory University School of Medicine and Visiting Students from LCME Medical Schools can be accommodated during any given month.

For application, contact:
  Dean's Office
  Joel M. Felner, MD
  Phone: 404 778-1372
  Fax: 404 778-1370

GOALS: The training is based at the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Complex, a unit which investigates all homicides, suicides, accidental deaths, and sudden unexpected deaths. Approximately 2,500 death are reported to the office per year. A full-time staff of four Board-certified forensic pathologists and ten death investigators conduct inquiries into approximately 200 homicides, 200 accidental deaths, 150 traffic fatalities per year, and 90 suicides. In 1993, 950 autopsies and 850 scene investigations were conducted, and over 1,000 toxic examinations were performed.

FORMAT: Students will assist in the performance on medicolegal autopsies and other postmortem examination, participate in death scene investigation, and attend daily care review conferences. Students with an interest in anatomic pathology, especially autopsy or forensic pathology, are particularly well-suited for this clerkship. Each month approximately 200 cases are reported to the office and approximately 80 to 100 autopsies are performed. Students will also have access to pathology residents and forensic pathology fellows in training at the medical examiners office.

For additional information CONTACT:
Randy L. Hanzlick, MD
Chief Medical Examiner, FCME
Phone: 404 730-4400
Fax: 404 730-4405

LINKS:
Visiting Students Link 1
Visiting Students Link 2